Jadams Posted September 29, 2023 Posted September 29, 2023 toolbar icons almost not visible - contrast is so low that they are almost not visible. much more visible in the customization window. Version 1 contrast was great.
Jadams Posted October 2, 2023 Author Posted October 2, 2023 Please allow user to darken the toolbar icons in an update for this version. This is as much contrast as I can generate - with both the MAC and with your apps are being viewed on a Ben Q monitor with the contrast adjusted to view your program with the greatest contrast - they are next to invisible otherwise. Thank you
R C-R Posted October 2, 2023 Posted October 2, 2023 On 9/29/2023 at 3:59 PM, Jadams said: contrast is so low that they are almost not visible. If you search the forum for comments about this, you will find a zillion of them saying the same thing ... but so far Serif has not done much of anything to fix it. 😒 All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.6 Mac apps (currently 2.6.4); 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 All 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7
Pšenda Posted October 3, 2023 Posted October 3, 2023 19 hours ago, Jadams said: Please allow user to darken the toolbar icons in an update for this version. This is as much contrast as I can generate - with both the MAC and with your apps are being viewed on a Ben Q monitor with the contrast adjusted to view your program with the greatest contrast - they are next to invisible otherwise. Thank you Interesting, on Windows the icon contrast is quite sufficient. Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.5.7.2948 (Retail) Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 24H2, Build 26100.2605. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 24H2, Build 26100.2605. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130.
Guest Posted October 3, 2023 Posted October 3, 2023 20 hours ago, Jadams said: Please allow user to darken the toolbar icons in an update for this version. This is as much contrast as I can generate - with both the MAC and with your apps are being viewed on a Ben Q monitor with the contrast adjusted to view your program with the greatest contrast - they are next to invisible otherwise. Thank you That's strange. A screenshot from my Mac is far clearer:
Dan C Posted October 3, 2023 Posted October 3, 2023 The users screenshot appears to show the Toolbar without a document open, which is purposefully 'greyed out' as the options cannot be used, and therefore it's expected to render slightly darker. If they open or create a new document, I would expect the UI to match the screenshot above - as this is the behaviour I experience.
R C-R Posted October 3, 2023 Posted October 3, 2023 36 minutes ago, Dan C said: If they open or create a new document, I would expect the UI to match the screenshot above - as this is the behaviour I experience. Nevertheless, there are several places in the UI where if the contrast between selected & unselected items was higher, it would be much easier to tell which was which, particularly on large displays like on 27" iMacs. Two examples for the Dark UI: Some users have complained about this from day 1 of the first release of AD for Macs but little has been done to correct it other than halfway measures like two choices for UI Contrast. The above is with that set to "High" but compared to other apps the contrast is still considerably less than optimal. Jadams 1 All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.6 Mac apps (currently 2.6.4); 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 All 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7
Pšenda Posted October 4, 2023 Posted October 4, 2023 17 hours ago, Dan C said: The users screenshot appears to show the Toolbar without a document open No - Toolbar without document is "grayed", not colored. vs Jadams 1 Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.5.7.2948 (Retail) Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 24H2, Build 26100.2605. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 24H2, Build 26100.2605. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130.
Granddaddy Posted October 4, 2023 Posted October 4, 2023 I asked about the purposes for lack of contrast in the Affinity 2 UI in my post on November 20, 2022. That kicked off numerous discussions about dysfunctional aspects of the Affinity UI. Are such discussions about dysfunctional user interfaces common in forums for competing software products? Affinity Photo 2.6.4 (MSI); Affinity Publisher 2.6.4 (MSI). Windows 11 Home Version 24H2 Dell XPS 8940, 64 GB Ram, Intel Core i7-11700K @ 3.60 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
R C-R Posted October 4, 2023 Posted October 4, 2023 15 minutes ago, Granddaddy said: Are such discussions about dysfunctional user interfaces common in forums for competing software products? As far as I know, the only apps with this particular issue are the Affinity ones. All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.6 Mac apps (currently 2.6.4); 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 All 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7
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